Becoming a more involved atheist

[McQ]

Hello, Firebird. Nice to meet you. I would have to say that I don't like either of the terms Atheist or Agnostic when describing myself. You see, describing myself as an atheist might technically be true, but in doing so I seem to imply that religion is, in some form of another, important to myself. I suppose a third term could be created to refer to oneself which hinges on the importance of religion in one's life. Myself, personally, experience religious symbols and ideas in my life every day, as well as secular thoughts and symbols to a lesser scale. But I consider the actual position on whether god exists to be beside the point in debates. This causes no end of trouble in debates with religious folk(most of them christians), and the first question they ask is: "You don't believe in God? Why?". Really I don't see that question worth asking at all. I should like to give a term to this--Amatheist /uh-MA-thee-ihst/.

Yes, that is good. I am an amatheist.

I know one person who calls themself an apatheist, as in he really doesn't care about religion in general. I thought it was a made-up term until I saw other people using it on this forum. How does that sound?

Sounds great to me. I use the term. Maybe even invented it.  

[Wessik]

I don't know... I kind of like the term amatheist. I derived it from latin "maximus" which means important. "A" of course being n"not". Then again, "pathos" is latin for "care" in a manner of speaking. I suppose they could be synonyms.

[m.condon]

I used to go back and forth between atheist and agnostic. I really don't like labels as I find they are confining. Personally beliefs or lack thereof is personal and cannot be labelled or categorized. I use the word agnostic with my religious family members, I find it offends them less than if I called myself an atheist. dealing with religious family members has been a trial and that is why I sought out online atheist communities
If you are looking to become more involved. I would suggest checking out the National Atheist Party, usanap.org  reading the charter will give you a good idea of the purpose but its a good way to get involved and platform issues that you think should be addressed.